Advanced: Jason Cenoz:

• Professor of the Department of Research and Diagnostic Methods for Education at UPV/EHU.
• PhD at the University of the Basque Country, the following thesis with: "Teaching and learning English as a second or third language".
• Cenoz's research focuses on: bilingual and multilingual education, the linguistic landscape, the age factor, attitudes and pragmatics when learning second and third languages.
• The committee highlighted the following in Cenoz's career: an excellent career in the field of education; leadership ability; to be a reference in the field of research at the international level; Basque commitment to science; as well as its participation in international scientific networks.

Consolidator: Amanda Sierra:

• Ikerbasque Research Professor, researcher at Achucarro - Basque Center for Neurosciences.
• PhD in Neurosciences (UCM).
• It examines the mechanisms of brain regeneration in response to various neurodegenerative diseases, and specifically the self-cleaning system of the brain, which enables the rapid and efficient elimination of dead neurons.
• The committee highlighted Sierra's scientific leadership in neuroscience research, the quality of its scientific production and its international impact, as well as its commitment to activities to spread science in society, and, in particular, its involvement in activities aimed at the equality of women in science.

Starting: Marta Olazabal:

• Leads the climate change adaptation team at the BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change research center.
• PhD in Land Economics at the University of Cambridge.
• Adaptation to climate change and urban resilience are the focus of Olazabal's research.
• He has obtained an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council.
• The committee highlighted that it has been a pioneer in its field of research, as well as its recent achievements as a young researcher in a very innovative subject; in fact, it has obtained an ERC Starting Grant with the aim of researching how urban areas adapt to climate change.

Annual reports

The initiative is carried out within the framework of Ikerbasque's Strategic Plan, as one of the 12 challenges of that plan is to advance gender equality among researchers who join Ikerbasque's community of researchers. In this respect, this initiative to recognize women researchers every year is contained in the Equality Plan implemented by the Basque Foundation for Science.

In previous editions, Ikerbasque and the Department of Education have recognized the following researchers:

Advanced:

• Maria Isabel Arriortua.
• Helen Matute
• Miren Cajaraville.

Consolidator:

• Aitziber López-Cortaja's.
• Clara Martin
• Malu Martínez-Chantar.

Starting:

• Maia García Vergniory.
• Matxus Perugorria.
• Paola Ferrario